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The Final DestinationFollow

2009 • R • 1h 22m • Horror, Thriller • Warner Bros.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$27.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$66.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$187.40M

$120.90M international

Domestic legs2.43x

Budget$40.0M

2009 rank#50

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Cast & crew

Directed byDavid R. Ellis ScreenplayEric Bress Produced byCraig Perry, Warren Zide CinematographyGlen MacPherson MusicBrian Tyler StarringBobby Campo, Shantel VanSanten, Nick Zano, Haley Webb, Mykelti Williamson, Krista Allen StudioWarner Bros. SeriesFinal Destination

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 28-30 1 $27.4M — 3,121 $8,781 $27.4M

2 Sep 4-6 1 $12.4M −54.9% 3,121 $3,963 $47.5M

3 Sep 11-13 5 $5.5M −55.4% 2,732 $2,021 $58.3M

4 Sep 18-20 10 $2.4M −56.7% 1,805 $1,323 $62.4M

5 Sep 25-27 12 $1.4M −42.4% 1,175 $1,171 $64.6M

6 Oct 2-4 24 $433.4K −68.5% 535 $810 $65.5M

7 Oct 9-11 30 $278.5K −35.7% 365 $762 $65.9M

8 Oct 16-18 41 $98.5K −64.6% 174 $566 $66.1M

9 Oct 30-Nov 1 35 $102.1K +3.6% 234 $436 $66.3M

10 Nov 6-8 39 $70.6K −30.9% 132 $534 $66.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 28 #1 $10.8M — $10.8M 3,121 $3,475 1

Sat Aug 29 #1 $10.2M −6% $21.0M 3,121 $3,255 2

Sun Aug 30 #1 $6.4M −37% $27.4M 3,121 $2,051 3

Mon Aug 31 #1 $2.2M −65% $29.6M 3,121 $715 4

Tue Sep 1 #1 $2.2M −1% $31.9M 3,121 $708 5

Wed Sep 2 #2 $1.7M −24% $33.5M 3,121 $537 6

Thu Sep 3 #1 $1.6M −4% $35.1M 3,121 $515 7

Fri Sep 4 #1 $3.6M +125% −67% $38.8M 3,121 $1,157 8

Sat Sep 5 #1 $4.6M +26% −55% $43.3M 3,121 $1,458 9

Sun Sep 6 #2 $4.2M −8% −34% $47.5M 3,121 $1,346 10

Mon Sep 7 #2 $2.9M −30% +31% $50.4M 3,121 $937 11

Tue Sep 8 #2 $937.4K −68% −58% $51.4M 3,121 $300 12

Wed Sep 9 #3 $722.0K −23% −57% $52.1M 3,121 $231 13

Thu Sep 10 #3 $663.3K −8% −59% $52.8M 3,121 $212 14

Fri Sep 11 #7 $1.7M +153% −54% $54.4M 2,732 $614 15

Sat Sep 12 #5 $2.5M +47% −46% $56.9M 2,732 $901 16

Sun Sep 13 #4 $1.4M −44% −67% $58.3M 2,732 $505 17

Mon Sep 14 #4 $432.3K −69% −85% $58.7M 2,732 $158 18

Tue Sep 15 #4 $484.0K +12% −48% $59.2M 2,732 $177 19

Wed Sep 16 #4 $412.3K −15% −43% $59.6M 2,732 $150 20

Thu Sep 17 #4 $407.8K −1% −39% $60.0M 2,732 $149 21

Fri Sep 18 #10 $745.4K +83% −56% $60.8M 1,805 $412 22

Sat Sep 19 #10 $1.0M +35% −59% $61.8M 1,805 $558 23

Sun Sep 20 #9 $635.5K −37% −54% $62.4M 1,805 $352 24

Mon Sep 21 #9 $206.4K −68% −52% $62.6M 1,805 $114 25

Tue Sep 22 #11 $228.2K +11% −53% $62.8M 1,805 $126 26

Wed Sep 23 #11 $191.7K −16% −54% $63.0M 1,805 $106 27

Thu Sep 24 #11 $195.3K +2% −52% $63.2M 1,805 $108 28

Fri Sep 25 #13 $402.9K +106% −46% $63.6M 1,175 $342 29

Sat Sep 26 #12 $623.7K +55% −38% $64.3M 1,175 $530 30

Sun Sep 27 #12 $350.0K −44% −45% $64.6M 1,175 $297 31

Mon Sep 28 #13 $114.1K −67% −45% $64.7M 1,175 $97 32

Tue Sep 29 #13 $111.8K −2% −51% $64.8M 1,175 $95 33

Wed Sep 30 #14 $100.0K −11% −48% $64.9M 1,175 $85 34

Thu Oct 1 #14 $107.1K +7% −45% $65.0M 1,175 $91 35

Fri Oct 2 $127.2K +19% −68% $65.2M 535 $237 36

Sat Oct 3 $199.8K +57% −68% $65.4M 535 $373 37

Sun Oct 4 $106.4K −47% −70% $65.5M 535 $198 38

Mon Oct 5 $31.9K −70% −72% $65.5M 535 $59 39

Tue Oct 6 $34.5K +8% −69% $65.5M 535 $64 40

Wed Oct 7 $33.8K −2% −66% $65.6M 535 $63 41

Thu Oct 8 $35.2K +4% −67% $65.6M 535 $65 42

Fri Oct 9 $77.1K +119% −39% $65.7M 365 $211 43

Sat Oct 10 $125.9K +63% −37% $65.8M 365 $344 44

Sun Oct 11 $75.4K −40% −29% $65.9M 365 $206 45

Mon Oct 12 $33.6K −56% +5% $65.9M 365 $91 46

Tue Oct 13 $23.8K −29% −31% $65.9M 365 $65 47

Wed Oct 14 $22.5K −6% −33% $66.0M 365 $61 48

Thu Oct 15 $21.2K −6% −40% $66.0M 365 $57 49

Fri Oct 16 $28.5K +35% −63% $66.0M 174 $163 50

Sat Oct 17 $44.9K +58% −64% $66.1M 174 $258 51

Sun Oct 18 $25.1K −44% −67% $66.1M 174 $144 52

Mon Oct 19 $7.5K −70% −78% $66.1M 174 $43 53

Tue Oct 20 $8.0K +7% −66% $66.1M 174 $46 54

Wed Oct 21 $7.5K −6% −66% $66.1M 174 $43 55

Thu Oct 22 $7.5K −1% −65% $66.1M 174 $43 56

Fri Oct 23 $9.2K +22% −68% $66.1M 73 $125 57

Sat Oct 24 $14.0K +52% −69% $66.1M 73 $191 58

Sun Oct 25 $7.3K −48% −71% $66.1M 73 $99 59

Mon Oct 26 $2.1K −71% −72% $66.1M 73 $28 60

Tue Oct 27 $2.1K +3% −73% $66.1M 73 $29 61

Wed Oct 28 $2.1K +1% −72% $66.2M 45 $47 62

Thu Oct 29 $1.7K −23% −78% $66.2M 45 $36 63

Fri Oct 30 $30.3K +1,729% +231% $66.2M 234 $129 64

Sat Oct 31 $34.3K +13% +146% $66.2M 234 $146 65

Sun Nov 1 $37.5K +9% +416% $66.3M 234 $160 66

Mon Nov 2 $12.0K −68% +479% $66.3M 234 $51 67

Tue Nov 3 $13.0K +8% +507% $66.3M 234 $55 68

Wed Nov 4 $11.3K −13% +425% $66.3M 234 $48 69

Thu Nov 5 $11.5K +2% +595% $66.3M 234 $49 70

Fri Nov 6 $18.3K +59% −40% $66.3M 132 $138 71

Sat Nov 7 $31.3K +71% −9% $66.4M 132 $236 72

Sun Nov 8 $21.0K −33% −44% $66.4M 132 $159 73

Mon Nov 9 $6.3K −70% −47% $66.4M 132 $47 74

Tue Nov 10 $6.9K +9% −47% $66.4M 132 $52 75

Wed Nov 11 $9.7K +41% −14% $66.4M 132 $73 76

Thu Nov 12 $5.9K −39% −49% $66.4M 132 $44 77

Fri Nov 13 $9.5K +61% −48% $66.4M 82 $116 78

Sat Nov 14 $15.3K +61% −51% $66.4M 82 $187 79

Sun Nov 15 $10.0K −35% −52% $66.4M 82 $121 80

Mon Nov 16 $3.3K −67% −48% $66.4M 82 $40 81

Tue Nov 17 $2.8K −14% −59% $66.4M 82 $34 82

Wed Nov 18 $3.1K +9% −68% $66.4M 82 $37 83

Thu Nov 19 $3.0K −4% −50% $66.4M 82 $36 84

Fri Nov 20 $4.6K +55% −52% $66.5M 43 $106 85

Sat Nov 21 $7.8K +69% −49% $66.5M 43 $180 86

Sun Nov 22 $5.6K −28% −44% $66.5M 43 $129 87

Mon Nov 23 $2.4K −57% −27% $66.5M 43 $55 88

Tue Nov 24 $2.4K +2% −14% $66.5M 43 $56 89

Thu Nov 26 $3.1K — +5% $66.5M — — 91

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$66.3M

Aug 28Sep 14Oct 2Oct 19Nov 5

Weekend grossWk 10 · $70.6K

$27.4M

$12.4M

$5.5M

$2.4M

$1.4M

$433.4K

$278.5K

$98.5K

$102.1K

$70.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,121 → 234 −92.5%

3,121 open234 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −30.9%

−54.9%

W1→2

−55.4%

W2→3

−56.7%

W3→4

−42.4%

W4→5

−68.5%

W5→6

−35.7%

W6→7

−64.6%

W7→8

+3.6%

W8→9

−30.9%

W9→10

Steepest −68.5%Biggest gain +3.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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